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Over 21,000 relief camps set up to house over 660,000 people in India

Globally, there are 801,117 coronavirus cases and over 38,000 people have died due to the disease.

Volunteers pack relief material for poor people during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna. Photo: PTI
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Volunteers pack relief material for poor people during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna. Photo: PTI

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Over 21,000 Covid-19 relief camps have been made operational in the country where more than 6.6 lakh stranded and destitute people are sheltered as of now, the Union home ministry said on Tuesday.

Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the ministry, told reporters during a daily briefing that over 23 lakh people are also being provided food at these camps.

Globally, there are 801,117 coronavirus cases and over 38,000 people have died due to the disease.


In India, 1251 are found to be Covid-19 positive

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